Cooperation news

According to French media, on June 7, 2021, during the visit of the Minister of the Armed Forces of France Florence Parly to Indonesia, the military departments of the two countries signed an agreement of intent (Letter of Intent - LoI) regarding the purchase by Indonesia of 36 French Dassault Rafale fighters of new construction. At the same time, this agreement is not a firm contract, the conclusion of which is expected only by the end of 2022.

Beijing "is exploring opportunities to make an even greater contribution to the development of cosmonautics together with the Russian side"

China is confident in the prospects for expanding cooperation with Russia in space in many areas. This was stated on Wednesday by the assistant head of the Office of the Manned Space Flight Program of the People's Republic of China Ji Qiming.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and the Sukhoi Design Bureau plan to develop a two-seat version of the fifth-generation Su-57 fighter in the export version, Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov told reporters on Wednesday during a working trip to the Primorsky Territory.

On June 11, the ECA Group announced the implementation of the first stage of the modernization program for three Alkmaar-class minesweepers of the Latvian Navy.

The machine can be used for training pilots, as well as for performing long flights over undirected terrain, the state corporation noted

Rostec confirmed plans to create a two-seat export modification of the fifth-generation Su-57 fighter, noting that the Russian aircraft may become the first of its kind in the world.

Cosmonauts can be launched from the spaceport to fly to the Chinese space station

To launch manned spacecraft from the Kourou cosmodrome in French Guiana, a significant modernization of the infrastructure will be required, it may take several years, the adviser to the General director of Roscosmos, Sergey Krikalev, told Interfax.

The Lebanese Armed Forces received 60 B80VJ SUVs with a 4x4 wheel formula from BAIC and 40 Sinotruk Howo trucks as part of the military assistance provided by China.

The international scientific lunar station of Russia and China will be deployed until 2035, then its operation will begin. This is reported in the presentation that the parties presented on June 16 at the International Conference on Space Exploration GLEX-2021, the video concept of the station was published on the YouTube channel of Roscosmos.

The Brazilian Leopards will remain in service until at least the middle of the next decade. June 16, portal janes.com He reported that the Brazilian Defense Ministry announced a tender for the modernization of 116 Leopard 1A5BR tanks.

Diesel submarines of two projects - 636.3 "Varshavyanka" and 677 "Lada" for the first time will take part in the naval salon, which will be held on June 23-27 in St. Petersburg, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.

U.S. sanctions could disrupt Russia's construction of a communications satellite for Angola. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to a source in the rocket and space industry. The reason for the difficulties was the lack of a permit for the supply of American electronics from a European contractor.

FAR EAST - The international Russian-Lao exercise "Laros-2021" will take place at one of the training grounds in the Primorsky Territory - the military personnel of the combined arms army of the Eastern Military District (VVO) will take part in it.

Roscosmos has not yet concluded a bilateral agreement with the European Space Agency (ESA) on flights of European astronauts on Russian Soyuz spacecraft, Sergei Krikalev, an adviser to the head of Roscosmos, told Interfax.

According to the head of Roscosmos, planetary protection is one of the most important tasks for cosmonautics

No country can independently create a system capable of changing the trajectory of celestial bodies threatening the Earth.

[b]Alexander Kochkin, Executive Director of Techmash, noted that disposable grenade launchers are now being actively introduced to the world market.]

Russia is among the leaders in the production of grenade launchers and ammunition for them on the international market, and also sets trends in the development of new products in this area.

Kiev expects to receive an action plan for NATO membership in 2022, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said. He said that Kiev has carried out enough reforms to get an action plan for NATO membership, the main obstacle to getting it is " unwillingness to send such a signal to the Russian Federation."

As reported by TSAMTO, on May 24, the Polish Ministry of Defense announced the signing of a contract for the purchase of four sets of Bayraktar TB2 MALE class attack UAVs of Turkish production for the country's Armed Forces.

According to information published on the Greek City Times website on June 10, the Greek Defense Ministry has shortlisted six applicants for the supply of four new frigates for the country's Navy.

The General Director of the state corporation recalled that the Russian side has a decision to extend the operation of the station until 2024

The fate of the International Space Station (ISS) remains the subject of fierce debate in Roscosmos. This was stated on Tuesday by the head of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin at the Global Conference on Space Exploration GLEX-2021.

According to the head of Roscosmos, the largest partner with which negotiations are being conducted is the European Space Agency

Russia and China are negotiating with many partners on the possibility of their participation in the project of the International Scientific Lunar Station. This was announced by the Director General of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin at the press conference of the Global Conference on Space Exploration GLEX-2021.